Picasso art appears throughout The Lobster Club, a nod to iconic restaurant The Brasserie, whose former space The Lobster Club occupies, and which displayed Picasso ceramics and plates from its walls. 

Major Food Group beverage director Thomas Waugh oversees The Lobster Club’s cocktail menu. Classic quaffs get Japanese ingredients and inspirations. The Old-Fashioned includes barley tea and the Whiskey Sour includes yuzu juice and sudachi, a lime-like Japanese fruit.

"What we have created goes beyond our wildest dreams. [Architect] Peter [Marino] created this astonishing room that looks like nothing else in the world, and Tasuku [Murakami]'s menu brings his incredible skill and love to sushi and Japanese classics all combined with the signature Major Food Group style," said Major Food Group partner Jeff Zalaznick.

“For all of us, this project was about having fun while paying homage to an iconic building and an important space,” said architect Peter Marino. “We worked to design an environment unlike any other restaurant space in New York, or anywhere, through commissioned artwork, custom textiles and materials that are entirely unique for the space. We also set out to challenge expectations of what a Japanese restaurant could look and feel like.”

Under paintings by Picasso Richard Prince and restaurant architect Peter Marino are four chartreuse "hanging banquettes" that seem to levitate effortlessly. The restaurant calls them its "see and be seen" tables. 

Private dining fills out the back of The Lobster Club. The Red Room has lobster-red chairs set against mahogany-colored tables. Further back, The Lobster Room, a completely private dining area, seats 10 diners in bright red chairs around an ebony table. 

Red is the predominant color at The Lobster Club.

Private dining is a key component of The Lobster Club.